Why hang upside down?

gangjababy

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my NL fan leaves are covered in trichomes, and yes males do produce trichomes as well.
Where do you get your information?
How many people need to tell you your wrong before you accept it?
 

barbus

Active Member
It's is a lot easier to trim when wet and a lot easier to hang upside down then rightside up, it's not rocket science, you're overthinking the whole thing. There is no need to reinvent the wheel.

Hi there, I'm not sure about reinventing the wheel but I can see where you are coming from as if to say, I'm certainly not trying to re write the grow book if you like.

The main reason for my question is that in around 4 to 5 days the current grow will be done ( two plants ), I have just watered for the last time. Now, 2 days from now I'm going to be away for a week and a half. I was going to set the light timer to operate for a day or two then switch the lights off by which time the soil should be just about dry. Now, I'm hoping that by the time I come back it will be pretty much ready to trim and bung into glass jar. I would dearly love to be here to chop and hang upside down but, I'm not :(

I was just wondering if leaving them upright in the pot intact would comprimise the quality of bud as if to say but after reading a few more replys here I'm not sure.
 

Stoney McFried

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LOl.I tried to memorize everything I could on here, and about growing.Really, it's the site that should get the credit.
damn stoney, took the words right out of my mouth!

damn no other "WOMEN" has ever done that to me!

thats why you gotta love da Stoney! :hump:
I bet your hash is green, cuz you're extracting chlorophyll.Get a microscope.Those little stalks with the clear or amber heads?Trichomes.I've found some on every leaf of my marijuana plants, to some degree.Males are pretty much useless.You must grow the crappiest weed,and then you come on here, obviously haven't read the FAQ,and give noobs shitty advice.You're the one spewing bunk.
Not on the big "fan" leaves and males don't have trichomes yet you can extract oil from them. I think you're the one that needs to "read up", buddy. :-|
I don't , spewing a bunch of bunk if you ask me.
Yup.Well, I'll just give you a neg rep for being a stubborn fool.Have a nice day.
How many ya got ? never mind it ain't enough.
 

Stoney McFried

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You have to cut them and hang them to start the drying process.If you don't cut them, they'll still be alive.So they won't be ready AT ALL to put in jars.Drying is a lengthy process, it can take a few weeks.The main reason you chop and hang them is for airflow, and so the dead leaf matter can fall off.Drying and curing is a very important step that can affect the quality of your smoke.Just let them live a little longer,and come back and chop.Maybe get an aquaglobe or something.The worst you'll get is more CBD,which will produce a "stonier"high.
Hi there, I'm not sure about reinventing the wheel but I can see where you are coming from as if to say, I'm certainly not trying to re write the grow book if you like.

The main reason for my question is that in around 4 to 5 days the current grow will be done ( two plants ), I have just watered for the last time. Now, 2 days from now I'm going to be away for a week and a half. I was going to set the light timer to operate for a day or two then switch the lights off by which time the soil should be just about dry. Now, I'm hoping that by the time I come back it will be pretty much ready to trim and bung into glass jar. I would dearly love to be here to chop and hang upside down but, I'm not :(

I was just wondering if leaving them upright in the pot intact would comprimise the quality of bud as if to say but after reading a few more replys here I'm not sure.
 

frmrboi

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Yup.Well, go make your green hash with your male plants.
My males get chopped up and flushed down the toilet. Male oil is for weed starved Americans. I'm Canadian, I have a pound of buds, 10 different strains & an ounce of kief so I won't be making any weed oil soon. ( I use Naphtha for extraction so my oil is clear BTW)
 

SpruceZeus

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I have to jump in here for a second.
THC can be found All over male and female marijuana plants, flowers, leaves and stalks. Obviously in much higher concentrations on the buds of the females, but a mature male could still make some great BHO in theory.
Having said that, THC doesnt travel around the plant in any sort of ethereal fashion, hanging a plant is not going to make the potency higher near the bottom etc. its pretty much genetically predetermined where the concentrations will be the highest on the plants, usually on the swolen, unpollinated seed bracts of the female. but i digress, I like the idea of clipping the fan leaves, drying upsidedown and then trimming sugar leaves to preference when dry, this gives a layer of protection to your trics and allows your bud to dry slower and more evenly, resulting ultimately in a smoother toke (or at very least a shorter cure).
Now, both of you, kiss and make up, or at least try to be civil, lets not let this degrade into monkeys hurling shit at each other, this is a nice little community and i'd like to see it remain a good forum for adults to come and share ideas and debate theories maturely.
Just my 2 sensi
 

frmrboi

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try to be civil, lets not let this degrade into monkeys hurling shit at each other, this is a nice little community and i'd like to see it remain a good forum for adults to come and share ideas and debate theories maturely.
what the hell are you talking about ? just because someone isn't agreeing with your opinion you have criticize them ? :evil:
 

SpruceZeus

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what the hell are you talking about ? just because someone isn't agreeing with your opinion you have criticize them ? :evil:
I don't think i was being critical at all, just trying to calm shit down before it gets out of hand. My comment wasn't directed right at you, but at everyone. You even said yourself you hadn't researched your claims, but as soon as someone disagreed you jumped on them with a sarcastic "professor". So just relax, smoke some of that killer bud you have, and think about it for a second.
I just tried to throw my 2 cents in and you jumped all over me, so in that sense the gloves are off. YOU'RE FUCKING WRONG!!!!! there are trichome heads on fan leaves and males, thats the reason you're getting oil extracted from them, not because there is some magic fluid flowing through the plants that carries resin. (although if you find said fluid, please be a dear and share it with us.)
If you want to cite some evidence and debate this civilly then we can do that. Or we can have a dick measuring contest and talk about all the bud we grow. As is your arguements are weak. Everyone is calling your beliefs out. Prove it or lose it.
You have every right to beleive whatever it is you want, but for everyones sake (yours, mine, people whos questions you are answering) please be scientific in your process, take in information and use it to form an idea, dont be idealogical and blindly argue until the cows come home. Reason, logic and patience are the keys to success, not tradition, theory and closedmindedness.
Sorry if i'm being patronizing\harsh\an asshole, but i take this all personally, i hate misinformation being spread in this community, too many inexperienced, unknowledgable people sharing "advice" that often will end up fucking over your naive newbies.
Why are you so adamant to defend yor position? you stated yourself you hadn't researched it, why not do that now, and reform your opinion based on what you've learned? or just call me a fucker and continue this deevolution of the culture that you're so bent on.
To be clear, i'm not saying you should change your opinion based on the fact that alot of people disagree, i'm just saying you should reconsider it.
Progress wouldn't happen if everyone just took the accepted explination for things and never questioned it, but neither would it happen if we ignore everything we, as a culture have learned so far.
anyhow, shouldn't by your theory, all the thc in our plants sink to the bottom during the months they are growing? would i get higher smoking the bottom of the stalk or roots than i would smoking the top of my cola? I don't know, maybe i'm missing something, but i think its more likely you are.
 

SmokerE

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Why is there a peacemaker here? I never seen anything in this thread that would constitute this.
 

amsterdam_goodies

Well-Known Member
Hey "farmer boy" go suck yourself off and maybe a few other canooks while ur at it.. who are you to talk shit about "american weed". you know shit, as has been proven this entire thread. i'm going to go back to smoken my dank ass medical weed & chilling on the beach... you on the other hand, can go get lost in a snowstorm ya jackass
 

rhinhard hydrich

Active Member
because if you are letting it dry out in the soil upright osmosis is no longer gonna take place, but it can help a bit if you hang it up side down since gravity can pull a lil bit of stored nutes down to the end where most concentrated bud is, just a thought
 

Stoney McFried

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How nice of you.I'll govern myself, thanks.If I see someone being an ass, I call them on it.There's an ignore button if you don't find me adult enough for you.I too, like this community, and when I see someone giving outright bad advice, and then insulting other members who try to correct, then Yeah, I'm gonna jump in.You have a nice evening.
I have to jump in here for a second.
THC can be found All over male and female marijuana plants, flowers, leaves and stalks. Obviously in much higher concentrations on the buds of the females, but a mature male could still make some great BHO in theory.
Having said that, THC doesnt travel around the plant in any sort of ethereal fashion, hanging a plant is not going to make the potency higher near the bottom etc. its pretty much genetically predetermined where the concentrations will be the highest on the plants, usually on the swolen, unpollinated seed bracts of the female. but i digress, I like the idea of clipping the fan leaves, drying upsidedown and then trimming sugar leaves to preference when dry, this gives a layer of protection to your trics and allows your bud to dry slower and more evenly, resulting ultimately in a smoother toke (or at very least a shorter cure).
Now, both of you, kiss and make up, or at least try to be civil, lets not let this degrade into monkeys hurling shit at each other, this is a nice little community and i'd like to see it remain a good forum for adults to come and share ideas and debate theories maturely.
Just my 2 sensi
 
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